Looks like the demon powering the barrier stone is ready to escape like the demon powering the laser stone did with the Tatchan priest. What a comedown though for Anyalin, even if she had the view of her city from above and handled the barrier stone like king Tenid and chief priest Koris.
The question that needs resolving though is why the search bird pointed her to the barrier stone then. Accident? Fate playing a trick? We’ll see in the next few pages I guess.